The symptoms you've described sounds like you're using cantilever levers with Linear-pull brakes (that the Paul Motolites are, of course). Double-confirm that the levers are truly what they purport to be? I know that the RL520 levers will work with linear-pull brakes, as I have that a combo with Shimano Deore V-brakes at the pointy end.
On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8:47:38 AM UTC-8, dstein wrote: > > Ugh. So i got a deal on some rat trap pass tires from a list member which > motivated me to put the 26" wheels back on to get a lower brake pad > position compared to the 650b wheels. I also went nuts and bought some > motolites and tektro rl520 long pull road brake levers for my albastaches. > Spent an insane amount of time yesterday (good thing it was a rainy day and > not much else to do) trying to make this work and I can only conclude that > me and brakes just don't get along, I'm going to bring this one in to a > mechanic. The brakes are either too tight and rub the rim or too loose and > the levers bottom out against the handlebar. I feel like the spring > adjustment and pad alignment for the motolites are right. But when I get > the cable tension tight enough that the levers don't bottom out, I get one > good spin on the wheels without tire rub, pull the brake lever, and then > they stick to the side of the rim, if I loosen them a tiny bit then the > levers bottom out again on the handlebars. I also stripped the cable > tension bolt :(. > > Off to the bike shop. I'm also going to see if they can get some tubeless > action going for these areoheat rims and rat traps. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
